Steam
News announces that a huge portion of id Software's back catalog is now
available via Steam:

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Software has teamed with Valve to bring some of the most successful game
franchises in history to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and
management of PC games and digital content with over 13 million accounts around
the world.

Starting today, Steam users may download full versions of these best-selling and
critically-acclaimed games, including the complete DOOM series and QUAKE I -
III, including mission packs, as well as id's pioneering PC side-scroller,
Commander Keen and vintage favorites Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Heretic,
and HeXen. As part of the id Welcome Celebration on Steam, select id packages
are being offered with a 10%, limited-time discount.

"Valve pioneered digital delivery of video games with Steam," said Todd
Hollenshead, CEO of id Software. "As a game developer themselves, Valve
understands what developers and game players want and need in an online
distribution system, and Steam delivers."

"We can't overstate our admiration for id, its games, and the technical
advancements the company has delivered to help move the industry forward during
the past 15 years," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "Like
many other studios, Valve was born when we licensed the QUAKE engine to build
our first game. We're proud to welcome id to Steam and give people around the
world an easy way to play the games that have inspired everyone here at Valve."

The line-up of legendary id games and packages launching on Steam today
includes: